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Baloff, who was cruising with a three-hitter and totally baffling Big Red batters until the eighth then intentionally walked the next batter to load the bases again and set up a force situation and hopefully a double play...
...good news first. The batsmen came from behind in the opener to win, 6-4. After taking a 1-0 lead in the third (Dave Singleton scored on Charlie Santos-Buch's basehit to right), starter Paul McOsker cruised along with a two-hitter until the fifth, when two hits and a walk loaded the bases and waited for a Bob Davis homer to clear them...
Harvard was shut out in the sixth, but in the seventh Stenhouse singled, went to second on a wild pitch, and scored on St. John's pop to right. Before and after this, walks to Halas and Joyce loaded the sacks for a pinch hitter. Would you believe Peter Bannish...
...that poor quality teams regard the addition of a star to their roster as a necessary and valuable ingredient in the formula to win more ballgames. And, for baseball, unlike exciting games like football or hockey, winning draws the crowds. Therefore, if a 20-game winner or a .300 hitter is worth $400,000 to a team, in terms of the spectator patronage generated by the improved club record (and there is every indication that this is true), a $200,000 a year salary, although admittedly a colossal amount, is hardly outrageous or ludicrous. But, how can one honestly...
...really just a singles hitter," Mike Stenhouse said Saturday after his second two-home-run game in two days...